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Google Pays Tribute to Sir Isaac Newton

Using a special animated logo, Google has paid tribute today to the English physicist, mathematician and astronomer Sir Isaac Newton who was born on this day in 1643.

It’s widely recorded that Newton *discovered* the concept of gravity (and the resulting science of physics) as a result of observing apples falling from a tree. In tribute, the drop apple theme is mimicked on Google’s global Home Page today.

The Google logo is partly obscured by the branch of an apple tree. After a second or so, an apple drops from the branch to the bottom of the home page. It’s unusual for Google to create an animated tribute Doodle and it makes a nice change from the static images. See the logo in action below:

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When I log-in tonite I was surprised to see the new google page with apple dropping from its tree branch. I just want to say that to my view this is cleverly done and it makes the page alive. Not as boring as before. Congratulations for thinking of this concept.